An entire book could be written about Cox’s work here, such as the way Big John’s show-offy patriotism plays like a cover story but at the same time seems honestly felt.

| Original Score: B | Sep 3, 2022

The performances across the board are superb, with Cox giving one of the very best of the year.

| Apr 7, 2020

Even in its least interesting moments, L.I.E should be credited for attempting to put an edgy kind of truth on camera.

| Jan 2, 2018

A striking, unnerving coming-of-age film, "L.I.E." is the rare American movie that isn't afraid of ambiguity or confronting an audience's preconceptions.

| Mar 31, 2008

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 27, 2007

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 12, 2004

...worth checking out for Cox's amazing performance...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 19, 2003

Cuesta has succeeded in making a clear and captivating narrative involving the issues of trust, loss and deceit, all of which take place within the space of a week.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 24, 2003

Raises the bar on the coming-of-age story with a tightly focused portrait of a 15-year-old who looks for a father figure and finds his kindly neighborhood sexual predator.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 11, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 10, 2003

A story which never resorts to sensationalism in its troubling study of people wanting to find a way out.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 16, 2003

| Original Score: 76/100 | Dec 16, 2002

Ultimately offers little satisfaction outside of the strong performances.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 8, 2002

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 4, 2002

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 12, 2002

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 29, 2002

It's a fiercely compelling tale, the acting is among the year's best, so I wish Cuesta had been content to leave it at that.

Full Review | Jun 5, 2002

There were no breakthroughs.

| Original Score: B | Jun 4, 2002